NEIGRIHMS

Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda on Saturday assured of taking up the issue of granting autonomy to North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Science (NEIGRIHMS) here, with the Centre.

The condition of the arrested Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Salahuddin Ahmed is stable and he will be shifted to North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) here for better treatment.

Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Thursday urged NEIGRIHMS authorities here to double the number of students pursuing MBBS courses from 50 to 100 to enable full utilisation of the infrastructure available with the Institute.

The Centre has sanctioned Rs 280 crore for setting up of an undergraduate MBBS medical college, a nursing college and a regional cancer centre at North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences.